|
Urban Leadership Institute Company Overview Urban Leadership Institute empowers youth and adults to create and launch their own enterprises, and through these enterprises, to take greater responsibility for their lives and communities. We lead a growing global liberation movement of youth and adults who are committed to making a positive difference and playing an instrumental role in the welfare of their communities. We are initiating a change in the role of youth in society, and are challenging traditional perceptions of young people as they take the initiative to improve their own lives and those of their communities by launching ventures of their own design. History The Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) was established in 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland, when two teachers, LaMarr Darnell Shields and David Miller in the words of Fannie Lou Hammer were, “sick and tired of being sick and tired”. This was a response to a growing concern about the plight of urban youth. Both educators have lost several students to senseless violence. Therefore, ULI is dedicated to contributing to better futures for all youth. We share with many the conviction that too many children and youth are at the risk of poor outcomes because opportunities are too few, too fragmented, too problem-focused, and too distant from school, family and neighborhoods. Since ULI's inception, various writers and journalist throughout the country have written articles talking about the awesome work that ULI has done while working with urban youth. |
